Mariota

Urgency hits Tampa Bay Bucs early in the season

September 16, 2015 general

Wednesday, 12:33 p.m. First came the storm. Now Lovie Smith must switch the narrative. Last Sunday, his Tampa Bay Buccaneers appeared lost and without vision, like blind mice scrambling in a coat closet. Next Sunday, after a hurricane of criticism from steamed pewter-and-red faithful washed out this season’s early hope, Smith needs the skies above […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Mariota, Smith, Winton

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Winston struggles in his first game with Bucs

September 13, 2015 general

Sunday, 9:20 p.m. For 192 seconds, it was still possible to hope. Even after the other guy started well, even after the Bucs’ defense established that it wasn’t anything special, even after the day had started to turn foul with the smell of last year, it was still possible to believe. There was a fresh […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Mariota, Smith, Titans, Winston

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Winston vs. Mariota? Start of something big?

September 8, 2015 general

Tuesday, 6 a.m. Was it like this? Was there the tingling anticipation that something big was about to begin? Was there the presumption we were all there at the beginning? Did you think about the record book even then. Did you watch them in warmups? Did you notice the way the ball came out of […]

Tagged as: Bucs, Mariota, Titans, Winston

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Ask Gary: Have Bucs seen movie about Winston?

April 25, 2015 general

Saturday, 6 a.m. (Each week, the readers take over Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, and we all talk about the world of sports. Think of it as a radio show where you don’t have to be on hold. Join us and ask a question, make a comment or be funny. Send the […]

Tagged as: Cash, Hamilton, Hickey, Mariota, Rose, Winston

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Not everyone wants the Bucs to pick Winston

April 15, 2015 general

Wednesday, 6:00 a.m. On the football field, he may be the next hope. Here, he is not. There, between the goal lines, Jameis Winston is a glittering ball of potential. He is the best chance of a better day. He could be the quarterback the Bucs have always lacked. Here, Jameis Winston is simply a […]

Tagged as: Bucs, Mariota, quarterback, Sexual assault, Winston

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Asking again: Is Winston the right man for the Bucs?

April 14, 2015 general

Tuesday, 8:16 p.m. Now that you have braced for them to zig, might they zag? Now that you are ready for them to razzle, might they dazzle? Not that you are ready for them to anoint this quarterback as the future, might they anoint that one? With the Bucs, the mysterious smarter-than-the-world Bucs, anything is […]

Tagged as: Bucs, Dilfer, Freeman, Jaworski, Mariota, quarterback, Testaverde, Winston

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Ask the Expert: Jerry Angelo

April 7, 2015 general

Tuesday, 6 a.m. Jerry Angelo is a former personnel director for the Bucs and former general manager of the Bears. Each week, Angelo answers your questions regarding the NFL. Send your questions to GarySheltonsports@gmail.com with “ask the expert” in the subject line. The most interesting question will be selected. For a team with the No. […]

Tagged as: Angelo Winston, Belichick, Expert, Flacco, Freeman, Mariota, Maziel, NFL, Simms, Stafford, Trading down

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To all fields: What if the Bucs are deadlocked?

March 28, 2015 general

Saturday, 11:40 a.m. At One Buc … Say Lovie Smith loves Marcus Mariota. A lot of people do. In Philadelphia, he’s the quarterback that everyone wants, largely because he played a bit for coach Chip Kelley. He won the head-to-head matchup by a lot. He won the Heisman. So it isn’t that far-fetched to think […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Bucs, Licht, Lovie, Mariota, Naimoli, Vasilevskiy, Winston

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Winston dodging the draft is a bad idea for all

March 25, 2015 Florida State University

Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. If staying home is the quarterback’s idea, it’s a bad one. This is the winter of reconstructing an image, remember. This is the off-season of reputation rehabilitation. These are the months of starting over. For Jameis Winston, this is a time for building a bridge with the fans of the Tampa Bay […]

Tagged as: Bucs, Cutler, Draft, Goodell, Mariota, NFL, Peterson, Russell, Smith, Winston

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